Throughout history, numerous ancient technologies have left researchers and historians pondering the true capabilities of early civilizations. Were they more advanced than we give them credit for? By ...

The discovery suggests ancient communities continued hunting and gathering practices from 8000 BC through the 18th century. Dr. Adrián Oyaneder from the University of Exeter used publicly available ...

Finding 9,000-year-old organic remains in eastern Norway is extraordinarily rare due to acidic soil conditions that typically destroy such materials quickly. The exceptional preservation at Horten has ...

Ancient DNA from Napoleon’s soldiers reveals enteric and relapsing fevers - not typhus - as key killers during the army’s ...

While people today are living through the first human-caused global warming event, we aren’t the first to ever live through climate change. For example, between the years 800 and 1400, the world was ...

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

Researchers have developed a novel application of histological staining to screen for ancient proteins in situ—within the ...